January 30, 2013

Youth organization CULTURE GOES EUROPE (CGE) – Soziokulturelle Initiative Erfurt e.V. is looking for participants all over Europe for its “1st European Youth Conference: Strengthening the Recognition of Non-Formal Education in European Youth Work” to be held in Cracow, Poland, on 19th – 25th March 2013.

One of the main challenges of European
youth work is the recognition of the value of youth work as non-formal
learning among public and private institutions as well as among the
general population on one hand and the recognition of learning outcomes
of youth participating in youth work activities on the other hand.
Facing the challenges of the new EU program “Erasmus for all” the
requested project proposal therefore focuses on the two interlinked
processes of formal/political as well as social recognition of youth
work and non-formal learning.

The objectives of the project are:

To facilitate the communication between the involved stakeholders

To foster the transfer of knowledge within the EU27

To increase the transparency and quality of YW and NFL activities

The participants of the Youth Conference (YC) will join an intense week working on sharing their experiences:

How to facilitate the communication between the involved stakeholders

How to foster the transfer of knowledge within EU27

How to increase the transparency and quality of YW and NFL activities

The activities are based on principles
& practice of non-formal learning including various activities as
open space, lectures/speeches/inputs, floors include. exercises,
simulations, which are creating situations for deeper personal
reflection, followed by concentrated debriefing, work in small mixed
groups, inputs, presentations & discussion of results, e.g. through
fishbowl-method, field trips, meetings & roundtables, workshops,
free time activities & intercultural activities. The methods are
based on a learning process & stimulating creativity, active
participation and initiative. Last but not least is to get connected and
finding synergy-effects between us and new projects under the umbrella
of YiA Programme of the European Commission.

You are interested to participate?

We launched an open call for
participants. Nevertheless priority is given to participants who are
applying via the official project partners.

A participation fee in the amount of 75
EUR per person is taken to cover expenses which are not covered by the
YiA grant. The participants are accommodated in a Hotel. There the
participants will receive breakfast, lunch and dinner. The kitchen is
used to cook also vegetarian and vegan food. We will reimburse 70% of
the travel costs for the YC on the basis of the cheapest possibilities.